1. 筑

筑

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  1. 筑 is the 1128th most frequent character.
  2. 筑 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 筑 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 筑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
筑 => ⺮, 巩
Radical :
筑 => ⺮ (bamboo), 工 (work), 几 (table), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
筑 => ⺮, 一, 丨, 一, 丿, ㇠, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - five-string lute/another word for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]/Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
  2. zhu4 - to build/to construct/to ram/to hit/Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 筑 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

建筑 (建築)

Medium Frequency

建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
筑 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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